Is there gender inequality in Pixar films? — Cinematical The story behind United States of Tara's cool opening credits. — Pop Candy Stevie Wonder is the secret to the Obamas' marriage. — CitizenSugar I could just kiss this post about a kissing reality show. — Popwatch Whoa, that wrestling video game from The Wrestler is real! — Vulture Can't wait till Tuesday? Go download one of Read more

The upcoming movie The Soloist is inspiring at least 174 orchestras in 46 states to participate in food drives. — AP Showtime has renewed United States of Tara for a second season. — Variety In other renewal news, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters are rumored to be getting early pickups from ABC. — TV.com Mark Valley will star in a Fox pilot called Read more

Depending on your attitude, Rosemarie DeWitt either has great luck or terrible luck with on-screen sisters. She recently starred as Rachel opposite Anne Hathaway's Kym in Rachel Getting Married, and now she's the foil to Toni Collette's Tara in United States of Tara, which just premiered to strong ratings. At TCA, I chatted with DeWitt about her film families, how she got the Tara gig, and how Read more

United States of Tara is one of the most unusual shows to hit TV in a while — even for Showtime, home of drug-dealing moms and sympathetic serial killers. First imagined by Steven Spielberg, created by Diablo Cody, and brought to life by a cast led by Toni Collette and John Corbett, the show centers on a suburban housewife named Tara who is living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which Read more

One of my dozen reasons to watch TV this month, Showtime's The United States of Tara sounds like a fascinating series. From Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Toni Collette, the show is a half-hour comedy about a subject that's not often fodder for yuks: multiple personalities. Collette stars as a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which causes her Read more

Showtime's got several intriguing new shows on its roster, and recently, the network released first glimpses of two of them: The United States of Tara and Nurse Jackie, both of which have intriguing actresses in the lead roles. The United States of Tara, which premieres in January, stars Toni Collette as a woman with multiple-personality disorder. The clip has some scenes from the show, and in Read more

Showtime has set January premiere dates for the final season of The L Word and the Diablo Cody series The United States of Tara. — Zap2it Michael Sheen is the latest to join Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie. — Variety Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green is writing an animated comedy pilot for Fox. — TV Week Hilary Swank is set to star in the dramatic film Betty Anne Read more

Wow, that was one whirlwind weekend here at the TCA press tour. CBS, Showtime, The CW, and NBC's cable networks have all been on stage, plus the Television Critics Association took a break from the panels to deliver some honors of its own. I've heard lots about the new 90210, been bowled over by the hilarity of The Ex List's showrunner, and heard references to The Wire and Arrested Development Read more